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Saturday 11 May 2019

Dutch East Indiaman serving in the East Indies according to the Generale Missive dated 5 February 1737

The Duinbeek (chamber Zealand), Westerwijk (chamber Amsterdam), Papenburg (chamber Amsterdam), Goudriaan (chamber Delft), Rodenrijs (chamber Rotterdam) and Buis (chamber Enkhuizen) were forced to wait 3 weeks longer before they could depart. Since 31 May 1736 arrived from the Netherlands the Westerbeek (chamber Delft), Beekvliet (chamber Amsterdam) and Enkhuizen (chamber Enkhuizen) . Other arrivals of ships: from Japan 14 December 1736 the Abbekerk (chamber Hoorn) and Sint Laurens (chamber Zealand), from Singkel 19 December the Huis ten Donk (chamber Amsterdam), from Malacca 3 January 1737 the Susanna (chamber Amsterdam), from Bengal 6 January the Noordwolfsbergen (chamber Amsterdam), Krooswijk (chamber Rotterdam, in 1732-1736 for account chamber Delft)en Hof niet altijd Winter (chamber Zealand, 1732-1734 for account Amsterdam, 1738-1741 for account chamber Rotterdam) and from Padang 23 January 1737 the Knappenhof (chamber Amsterdam, 1734-1736 for account chamber Rotterdam, 1737-1740 for account Zealand). The Noordwijkerhout (chamber Amsterdam, 1736-1738 for account chamber Zealand) and the Langewijk (chamber Enkhuizen, 173601740 for account chamber Amsterdam) departed from Bengal with a cargo ƒ 598.116 directly towards the Netherlands. The Delfland (chamber Delft) arrived at Bima 1 October 1736 after a problematic voyage and departed from there with a cargo of 3287 pikol sapan wood. Due to lacking fresh water and ropes she was forced to enter Semarang 10 December and sent forwards to Japara to find a secure place considering the strong wind blowing with off Semarang and the East monsoon. The yacht Maria Louisa arrived 2 January 1737 at Malacca and went 11 January forwards to Ceylon. It’s uncertain if the Huis te Spijk (chamber Amsterdam) left at the end of December 1736 Canton towards Europe as planned. The Westerdijkshorn (chamber Amsterdam) departed Batavia via Tegal towards Amboina 16 December 1736, the Haaksburg (chamber Enkhuizen) departed 22 December 1736 and the Huis ten Donk (chamber Amsterdam) 1 January 1737, both with destination Banda. It was 4 and 8 January 1737 decided that the Noordwolfsbergen was destined towards Amboina, the Susanna (chamber Amsterdam) towards Banda, the Valkenisse (chamber Zealand) towards and finally the Den Dam (chamber Enkhuizen) and Snuffelaar (chamber Zealand) towards Ternate.

Source
J. van Goor, Generale Missiven van Gouverneurs-Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. Deel IX: 1729-1737. The Hague, 1988, Generale Missive from Abraham Patras, p. 805-806.